Theme 'Arts & Architecture'

07 October 2011 - 22 January 2012

A Rua

In the A Rua exhibition (The Street), the M KHA (contemporary art museum of Antwerp) will show the work of twenty artists whose life and work are closely related to Rio de Janeiro. The exhibition will focus on the development of the carioca artistic ...

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18 October 2011 - 29 January 2012

Art nouveau and art deco from the collection of Sterckshof Silver Museum

Through the years, Sterckshof Silver Museum has acquired an outstanding collection of Belgian art nouveau and art deco silverwork. But also silver-related documents and artefacts, such as (partial) workshop archives of leading Belgian silversmiths li...

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31 March - 30 September

Beaufort 04

After three successful editions of contemporary art at the sea, the coast will preparing a new edition under the name of Beaufort 04. What was an ingenious, but chance encounter a few years ago has since become a not-to-be-missed cultural event, when...

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18 November 2011 - 22 April 2012

Edmond Sacré

The Ghent photographer Edmond Sacré (1851-1921) left behind a very diverse oeuvre of portraits (individuals and groups), landscapes, streetscapes and shots of buildings and events. His photographs show how Ghent was transformed around the turn of the...

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25 February - 03 June

Ford Madox Brown – Tradition and innovation with the English Pre-Raphaelites

Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) is sometimes considered the most eccentric English Pre-Raphaelite artist. He was one of the main representatives of this British movement, which combined a socially engaged modernism with an interest in medieval art and r...

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02 June

In Flanders Fields: opening of the new museum

The In Flanders Fields Museum as we know it today has been outgrowing itself for quite some time. After twelve years, we are therefore forced to adapt our permanent exhibition. The facts related to World War I remain the same, but our view of certain...

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17 September 2011 - 29 January 2012

John Constable – Oil Sketches from the Victoria & Albert Museum

John Constable (1776-1837) was the father of modern landscape painting. Constable was an innovator who revamped the academic styles by choosing to work directly from nature and developing a direct painting technique. His influence extended to the Fre...

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17 May 2011 - 31 December 2012

Masterpieces in the MAS - Five centuries of image in Antwerp

The opening exhibition “Masterpieces in the MAS. Five centuries of the image in Antwerp” shows the evolution of the image culture from the Middle Ages up to now by means of top pieces from the Antwerp collections. The economic success of the port of ...

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04 April 2013

Red Star Line: Opening People on the move

The Red Star Line is an Antwerp icon. The legendary shipping company with the red star in its flag transported more than two million passengers from the city by the River Scheldt to America: poor European migrants in search of the American dream, but...

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